Tibial length sock fx or equ at Virginia Mason Medical Center

1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$34.45 with multiplan vs $174.60 with cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
multiplan medicare advantage $34.45
regence medicare advantage $41.84
regence uniform medical plan $48.07
regence commercial $48.07
kaiser foundation hp medicare $49.22
united healthcare medicare advantage $49.22
humana medicare advantage $49.22
optum care network medicare advantage $49.22
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $49.22
aetna medicare advantage ppo $50.70
aetna medicare advantage hmo $51.68
united healthcare commercial $59.06
premera commercial $127.87
kaiser health plan commercial $138.77
cigna commercial $153.85
cigna local plus $174.60

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Tibial length sock fx or equ at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $50.21 – $152.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $50.21 – $122.79
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $124.80 $48.07 – $208.48
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $76.80 $43.26 – $84.14
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $124.80 $42.06 – $216.92
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $124.80 $42.06 – $216.92
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $124.80 $43.26 – $91.03
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $124.80 $42.06 – $216.92

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →